Spirit Gathering 2018

23 Nov 2018 - 25 Nov 2018

This event is unfortunately cancelled
23-25 November 2018

Spirit Gathering 2018

Let’s boost ourselves!

For many people, November might seem like a dark and cold time. Some go to Bali some go to India, but what do we do that stay? Together we create this tribe celebration with lots of live music and joyful energy!

And let’s celebrate!

Here is a chance to come together to boost each other and raise our spirit. To celebrate life with vitalising yoga sets, powerful chanting and blissful dancing with live music. In the renovated café you can hang out, meet old and new friends and get cosy in front of the fireplace. In the beautiful surrounding nature you can find deep peace and to relax to the core of your being you can join a gongbath or enjoy the warm sauna.

The plan

Yoga, music, dance, movement, laughter, and joy will be on the program. The cosy relaxed hangout café space will be open. The Gong will help you let go and take you deeper into relaxation. The warm sauna will be heated.

Bring your friends and spiritual family, we warmly welcome you who have been many times to Ängsbacka as well as you who have never been here before but feel a longing in your heart for a deeper connection to yourself and others in your life.

Togetherness

Together we gather, it’s so good to sit in a circle again. To really see each other, beyond the masks beyond the shallow appearance. Looking deeper into you, deeper into me. Staying present, inviting acceptance, open to moment, open to be fully in connection with what is. Find your spirit connection in a deep sharing moment with a person you have never met before, or a loving hug that allows your whole being to relax and to let go. Maybe we can go without judgements and doubts. To invite the authentic presence now. With love! For many of the Ängsbacka tribe this is the longing that has brought us here and this is the quality that brings us back.

Workshop leaders, teachers and musicians

Here are some of the loving souls who will be serving and guiding this event and some of the things that they might offer:

In this beautiful gathering we bring the energies in, set the stage to meet each other in love and grace. There will be practical information as well as live music and chanting. The ceremony starts at 19.30 on Friday the 23th of November.

“Open to whatever this day may bring. Open to see that it’s all a blessing. Open to lay aside all expectations or judgment or doubts or hesitations. Open to let go. Open not to know. Open to the light that shines. Open!” Soham

Loving service

This is a gathering not only for the participants, all the staff and volunteers at Ängsbacka are also welcome to join us. They serve us and we give back by helping out for about 30 minutes during the gathering. It might not seem much but still it’s a chance to get a small glance behind the scene at Ängsbacka, maybe get to know some volunteers and be able to speak to them about how it is to live at Ängsbacka. As well as a chance to practice selfless service in a mindful way. Who knows maybe these 30 minutes will be the most rewarding experience for you if you can bring some of this mindfulness into the ordinary tasks of your everyday life.

Vegetarian diet to support your experience

We serve tasty vegetarian meals, prepared by chefs that put all their love into supporting your well-being. The diet is sattvic — meaning that it is easily digested, simple and full of prana — life energy. Vegan and Glutenfree alternatives will also be available during mealtimes but please let us know in advance if this is something that you desire or if you have any other allergies.

Sharing

Sharing has been at the core of Ängsbacka since it was founded 20 years ago. You are invited to join this practice where you are part of a sharing group of 5-6 people. In this group you create a safe space where all that is shared in the circle stays in the circle. You dived the time so that all participant have their own space. Where you can share whatever is present in you or anything that you have an urge to let out. Your time can be used as you prefer, you can sit in silence get a massage or healing it your time. Let it be a practise where you try to give your full presence to the person that’s sharing and see how it makes you feel to get the full presence of the group. Many people feel that the biggest gift of sharing is to have a chance to listen to the others and maybe recognise yourself in what they say or feel.

Children

In the long term, we would love these gatherings to grow into a space that’s open for all ages. With special activities for children, planting seeds of joy and connections for the future. But for now we are not ready to create that space, so the gathering this year is only for adults, even if the will be some children around from the workshopleaders.

More information

We invite you to take care of your body and soul. Maybe you just go on one workshop in a day and hangout in the café and connect to other participants, take a walk in the forest and enjoy the sauna in the evening, the choice is yours.

The main language is English but clarifications can be made in Swedish.

Martin Siri Jodha

My identity as a spiritual teacher is falling apart for what could I possibly teach you that you don’t already know deep down in the core of your being. All I can do is to remind you to stay present, inspire you to let go and to surrender to what is. I also see that I have a lot of ego invested in that identity so what I can remind you of I also need myself. Every moment of each day offers a chance to allow the quality of beingness and presence. This is my practice right now and this is the gift I will try to hold space for.

In the Gathering Kundaliniyoga with some Jodha twist will be offered and the Gong might draw you in towards the surrendered state. Your mind might try to resist the pull but it’s when you allow yourself to let go that the true blessings of life will be yours. And who knows there might just be a puff of more beingness and presence that lightens up your life journey in moments to be.

Pernilla Dalprem

Pernilla Dalprems first meeting with the unique Gong vibrations was a deep spiritual experience. Her feeling after the relaxation was that ”everything was different”, a feeling of being new in this world… A deep experience of peace and calmness. Another place to act from. At that moment she decided to learn how to play that fantastic instrument. It was the start of a transformation process that came to change her entire life and her way of living it.

Pernilla Dalprem is also a Kundalini Yoga and mindfulness teacher as well as a Physiotherapeutic KBT, familytherapy and TA) and nurse.

“To trust my Intuition and the way that life unfolds itself, has become a blessing that guides me through my life.”

Elin & David

Elin and David started their musical journey together in 2014 and are both very passionate and dedicated to this form of bhakti – devotional singing to the Hindu gods and goddesses, to life, love and Mother Earth. Elin plays the harmonium and David the guitar and together they sing and play traditional mantras and songs, mainly in Sanskrit, as well as writing their own material.
The mantras/songs are a form of meditation and a beautiful way to open the heart to deepen our consciousness. They live in Molkom and have been having bhajans at Ängsbacka for the last couple of years. This will be their second year at the Yoga festival and first year at the Tantra festival.

“Love is the door, chanting is the key.” – Bhagavan Das

Boris & Nina

Boris & Nina are certified yoga and AcroYoga teachers that invites to serious playfulness and full presence. With their warm-hearted pedagogy they create an atmosphere where everyone can feel included and ready to explore their potential.
Boris &amp; Nina combine their diverse backgrounds from yoga, dance, circus and kung fu and find their common denominator in movement and creativity with a life-affirming attitude. They teach and perform together and are passionated about sharing the bliss of AcroYoga wherever they put their feet.

“A challenge turns into playing when is experienced in a safe environment. Transformation happens in each moment.”

Arrival & Departure

Following information is general for events at Ängsbacka and some details might differ for your stay. Connect to the organizers if you have questions regarding this!

General Information

In the center of Molkom (1,5 km away) there is an local grocery shop Coop Konsum. In the same building you can do post services and find an ATM where you can withdraw cash.

Ängsbacka Café is a nice and cozy meeting place that is always open on Saturdays afternoons. Enjoy a coffee or herbal tea along with new meetings and interesting conversations. The menu includes organic snacks, homemade raw cakes and healthy drinks. Credit cards and Swish is accepted. Welcome!

Ängsbacka is an international course and festival center situated in Molkom, a society that we are part of, that we love and have a good relation to. We are depending on that all our guests and participants are cooperating with us to keep it this way when / if going outside of the premises of Ängsbacka during their stay at Ängsbacka. We ask you kindly to respect the local areas around Ängsbacka and practice common sense.

Accommodation

Ängsbacka offers accommodation in a homelike style. Please look under the tabPrice & bookingto see what accommodation is being offered during this event.

– All of our accommodation alternatives have shared bathrooms.
– The dorms consist of 12 – 20 bunk beds.
– Please bring your own towel, bed sheets, pillow cover and duvet cover.
– You can rent a set of sheets & a towel from us for 150 SEK per event.

What to bring

– Shoes that easily comes on and off when walking between the buildings / workshop spaces
– An extra towel for a visit to our sauna, when it is open and/or is rented for your event.
You can also rent a sauna or sweat lodge- towel from us for 50 SEK per occasion.
– Your own water bottle or thermo cup with lid, we do not allow cups or glasses in the workshop spaces
– Comfortable clothes suitable for the activities of your event
– If you like, walking shoes for recreation in the forest surrounding of Ängsbacka
– Earplugs can be good if you are sharing room with other people.

The Food

Breakfast, lunch, snack and dinner are all included. We serve vegetarian food, mostly organic, locally produced and made with love. In connection with your reservation, you can order a vegan diet (this is also the alternative if you’re lactose intolerant), a Gluten-free diet and notify us about nut allergies. If possible, the chef will make adjustments for other allergies, please make the request when you book. Unfortunately, we can not, for practical reasons, accommodate any other food philosophies or diets.

Drug & Alcohol Policy – Zero Tolerance

All operations on Ängsbacka are based on a drug and alcohol free environment. The aim is to create a safe atmosphere that favors authentic meetings, personal development and spiritual practice. This means that guests and residents must not consume or be under the influence of alcohol and drugs at the whole area of Ängsbacka. A person on the area of Ängsbacka under the obvious influence of alcohol or drugs can be asked to leave immediately.

Working Meditation

We have a praxis that is included in almost all our events, but not in all – depending on the contract between the organizers and Ängsbacka. A beautiful way to integrate your experience is to do working meditation with us on Ängsbacka. As a participant, we ask you to join us in the community for 30 minutes per day and helping out with easy tasks such as cleaning or dishwashing. You will get an introduction to your task and then you do it the same time every day. Our volunteers are very grateful for your contribution and will also help you out. We do the working meditation together!

Find your way here

It’s easy to find your way to Ängsbacka by train and bus, or by car. Read more about how to findyour way here.